Monthly Archives: April 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lw8eWE7aQ8&ab_channel=ImperialWarMuseums This misguided IWM Duxford Documentary diminishes the vital part played by the Royal Navy Fleet Weapon System without which, Operation Corporate - the recovery of the Falkland Islands in 1982, could not have taken place. That Fleet Weapon System…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1nENiXSrJY Three Task Forces? The Documentary’s introduction sets the tone with misinformation: “There were 3 Task Forces”. Not so! There was just one Task Force commanded by Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse, Commander in Chief Fleet. He appointed Rear-Admiral Sandy Woodward,…

The Channel 4 TV Documentary, “Falklands War: The Untold Story”, comes across as a revealing but not entirely forthright compendium of the sometimes-questionable decisions/actions that, according to General Sir Mike Rose, 22 SAS and some other contributors, “could have cost…